Orthopaedic Surgery·Los Angeles, CA

University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)

Signal lift6%43%+37 pp with a signal here

Allocate signal →Track an away here25-26 cycle · applicant-level

Step 2 invited

241–272

p10 – p90

Sample N

364

applicants this cycle

This cycle

—

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

2.2%

8 of 70 applicants

01Cohort funnelthis cycle

N = 364

Applied

364

100.0%

Invited

19.2%

Class size

2.2%

02Away rotation impactpast cycles

+82pp lift

Non-rotators

18%

64 of 358

Rotators

100%

6 of 6

Interview lift

+82pp

vs not rotating

Of 6 prior-cycle rotators, 100% got an interview vs 17% for the wider applicant pool here. Rotation appears to materially shift interview odds at this program.

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Program Director

Juliann Kwak Lee, MD, MD

Email director

Program Coordinator

Sylvia Suarez

Email coordinator

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Training sites6 hospitals · Los Angeles

1
Los Angeles General Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Primary
2
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)
Los Angeles, CA
Sponsor
3
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Participant
4
LAC-Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
Downey, CA
Participant
5
Keck Hospital of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Participant
6
Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center
Baldwin Park, CA
Participant

Rotator reports5 reports · paraphrased

hands-on

19-20Rotator in 2019/20 described split time between the county hospital (high-volume uninsured trauma with strong autonomy) and a private academic center (less autonomy). Rotators noted residents were overworked and presentations were required only on trauma; no interview offered during rotation.
18-19Two rotators in 2018/19 noted the program had downsized from 10 to 8 residents due to an ACGME case-volume penalty, with remaining residents carrying a heavy county patient load. Leadership was viewed positively and meal allowances were generous.
15-16Rotator in 2015/16 described strong blue-collar trauma training at LA County with longer hours and harder call than nearby academic programs, and leadership focused on building research.
14-15Rotator in 2014/15 described a high-volume county training program with strong trauma and sports, a recent academic overhaul under new leadership, and an expanding research and didactic structure.

Paraphrased from rotator survey responses. Names and identifying details removed.

Score rangesinvited cohort

USMLE Step 2 CK241 – 272

180205230255280

Level 2 CE data not available

Interview rates

US MD

23%

US DO

US IMG

Non-US IMG

Applicant origin